OSHA Inspection: LUIS CONTRERAS

Issued

Jan 24, 2022

Abate by

Feb 28, 2022

Penalty

Initial $1,865 · Current $1,865

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1200(e)(1):  The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met (Construction Reference: 1926.59):  a) At the jobsite, employees were exposed to eye and respiratory irritation hazards when the employer did not develop and implement a written hazard communication program.  Employees use chemicals such as Portland Spectrum White Type N Masonry Cement, a corrosive.

Issued

Jan 24, 2022

Abate by

Feb 17, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1200(g)(1):  Employers did not have a safety data sheet in the workplace for each hazardous chemical which they use (Construction Reference:  1926.59):  a) At the jobsite, safety data sheets for brick and Spectrum White Type N Masonry Cement, a corrosive, were not maintained.  Employees were exposed to crystalline silica when cutting brick.

Issued

Jan 24, 2022

Abate by

Feb 28, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1200(h)(1):  Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area (Construction Reference: 1926.59):  a) At the jobsite, employees were exposed to respiratory and eye irritation,  eye and skin burns when the employer did not instruct employees how to recognize and minimize those hazards.

Issued

Jan 24, 2022

Abate by

Feb 17, 2022

Penalty

Initial $1,865 · Current $1,865

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.100(a): Employees exposed to possible head injury from falling or flying objects or from impact with hand tools, equipment and building materials during construction operations were not wearing hard hats:  a) At this jobsite, employees were exposed to struck-by hazards while working on the ground and from the first level of a scaffold while not wearing hard hats.

Issued

Jan 24, 2022

Abate by

Feb 17, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(h)(2)(ii):  A toe board was not erected along the edge of platforms more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower levels for a distance sufficient to protect employees below:  a) At the jobsite, employees were exposed to struck-by hazards while working below employees working from the 2nd buck of a scaffold that did not  have toe boards installed.

Issued

Jan 24, 2022

Abate by

Feb 17, 2022

Penalty

Initial $1,865 · Current $1,865

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.102(a)(1):  Eye and face protective equipment were not used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical agents:  a) At the jobsite, employees were exposed to eye irritation and chemical burns when they did not wear safety glasses while using Spectrum White Type N masonry cement.

Issued

Jan 24, 2022

Abate by

Feb 11, 2022

Penalty

Initial $1,865 · Current $1,865

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.405(g)(2)(iii):  Flexible cords were not used in continuous lengths without splice or tap:   a) At the jobsite, employees were exposed to electrical shock hazards while operating a Dewalt 120 volt, 15 amp, chop saw with a spliced extension cord.   b) At the jobsite, an employee was exposed to electrical shock hazards while operating a 120 volt electric cement mixer with a spliced extension cord.  c) At the jobsite, an employee was exposed to electrical shock hazards while operating a 120 volt electric cement mixer plugged into a spliced extension cord.

Issued

Jan 24, 2022

Abate by

Feb 17, 2022

Penalty

Initial $3,108 · Current $3,108

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolding was not fully planked or decked:  a) At the jobsite, employees were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 7-feet while working on the first level of a tubular welded frame scaffold that was not fully planked.   b) At the jobsite, employees were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 14-feet while working on the second level of a tubular welded frame scaffold that was not fully planked.

Issued

Jan 24, 2022

Abate by

Feb 17, 2022

Penalty

Initial $3,108 · Current $3,108

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames,  or uprights did not bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:   a) At the jobsite, employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 7-feet tp 14-feet while working from a tubular welded frame scaffold that did not have scaffold legs and base plates installed on all of the poles.

Issued

Jan 24, 2022

Abate by

Feb 17, 2022

Penalty

Initial $3,108 · Current $3,108

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(e)(1):  When scaffold platforms are more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers (scaffold stairways/towers), stairway-type ladders (such as ladder stands), ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.:  a) At the jobsite, employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 7-feet to 14-feet when they climbed a tubular welded frame scaffold that did not have a ladder.

Issued

Jan 24, 2022

Abate by

Feb 17, 2022

Penalty

Initial $4,351 · Current $4,351

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(g)(1)(vii): Each employee on a scaffold, not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower level was not protected from falls by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section:   a) At the jobsite, employees were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 14-feet when they worked from a tubular welded frame scaffold without guard and end rails installed.

Issued

Jan 24, 2022

Abate by

Feb 17, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.501(b)(13):  Each employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system:  a) At the jobsite, employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 14-feet and greater while working from the roof of a house without fall protection.